Jannie de Beer
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'''Jan Hendrik de Beer''' (born [[22 April]] [[1971]] in [[Welkom]]), nicknamed '''Jannie''', is a [[South Africa]]n former [[rugby union]] player. He played [[Rugby union positions#10. Fly-half|flyhalf]] for the South African national team, the [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks]]. In all he represented the Springboks in 13 tests, scoring 183 points. He stands 1.82 [[meter]]s tall, and weighs 87 [[kilogram]]s. He was principally known as a kicking fly-half.
De Beer made his début against the British Lions in 1997, being brought in for the dropped [[Henry Honiball]] whose running game had been contained by the Lions' defence in the first two of the three tests. He failed however to establish himself properly in the Springbok side.
De Beer is most famous for his world record five [[drop kick|drop goals]] in a single test match, set in the [[1999 Rugby Union World Cup|1999 Rugby World Cup]] in [[Paris]] against [[England Rugby|England]]. The Springboks won the match 44-21, kicking England out of the tournament. However, his attempts to repeat the tactic in the semi-final versus Australia backfired, as despite several attempts he only scored one in the match, and the Australians closed him down. It proved to be his final appearance for the Springboks.
A professed [[Christianity|Christian]], de Beer credits his faith in God for his successes. De Beer retired from professional rugby in [[2002]] due to a knee injury.
==External links==
*{{Springboks|id=18004|name=Jannie de Beer}}
*[http://www.rwc2003.irb.com/EN/RWC+History/Great+Players/Home+page.htm Official website of the IRB Rugby World Cup 2003], accessed [[17 October]] [[2005]].
*[http://www.scrum.com/players/janniedebeer.asp “Star Q & A: Jannie de Beer”], accessed [[17 October]] [[2005]].
*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/1999/world_cup/news/1999/10/24/southafrica_england/ “Rugby World Cup 1999: De Beer Diamond”], accessed [[17 October]] [[2005]].
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